Vietnam's largest telecommunication company, Viettel, is seeking to double
its five million subscribers in Myanmar by the end of the year, its president
and chief executive officer Le Dang Dung told Reuters an in interview on
Friday.

Vietnam's Ministry of Information and Communications is encouraging the
development of broadband infrastructure to complete the 4G network and begin
work on 5G as early as possible to enhance the performance of the Internet of
Things (IoT).

Vietnam on Monday suspended its minister of information and communications
for mismanagement at a state telecoms firm, official state media Vietnam News
Agency reported, amid a crackdown on corruption.

Police in Vietnam on Tuesday arrested a former chairman of one of the
country’s largest mobile carriers and a senior official of the Ministry of
Information and Communications on allegations of economic mismanagement, as the
communist-led government widens a crackdown on corruption.

Vietnam’s biggest conglomerate Vingroup JSC is making its first foray into
smartphone manufacturing and sales, aiming for success in the Southeast Asian
nation where smaller rivals have failed to dent the popularity of Samsung and
Apple phones.

Vietnam’s current and former information ministers and several other senior
officials have been accused of “very serious” violations linked to state
telecoms firm Mobifone and BIDV bank, part of a widening crackdown on
corruption.

Vietnam's military-run telecommunication company Viettel Group and its
partners will launch a 4G mobile network in Myanmar next month to cash in on
the Southeast Asian country's fast-growing economy, the Vietnamese government
said on Monday.

Vietnam has banned players of the game Pokemon Go from the offices of its
government and ruling Communist Party, besides defense locations, as thousands
of its citizens get swept up in the frenzy to capture virtual cartoon
characters.

About eight in 10 smartphone users in Vietnam have the Vietnamese-created
messaging app Zalo installed on their phone, according to June 2016 DI
Marketing research. Users under 35 were especially likely to use the app.